genus magnolia

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1. shrubs or trees of North America or Asia having entire evergreen or deciduous leaves; among most ancient of angiosperm genera (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	magnoliid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	magnolia,
definition	:	any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family magnoliaceae, magnolia family, magnoliaceae,
definition	:	subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia (noun.plant)